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Alphabet

As of September 4, 2026, Alphabet had a market capitalization of $4.10T (companiesmarketcap.com).

Alphabet is the multinational holding company behind Google's search, advertising, cloud, and AI businesses (plus bets like Waymo and DeepMind).

InternetPublic · GOOGLMountain View, California, USAFounded 2015Founders: Larry Page, Sergey BrinPublic companyWebsite ↗See connections →
Last verified Sep 4, 2026

Alphabet at a glance

As of
Market cap
$4.10T[1]
September 2026
Founded
2015[2]
Headquarters
Mountain View, California, USA[3]
  1. [1] Market cap: companiesmarketcap.com, September 4, 2026
  2. [2] Founded: Wikipedia (retrieved September 5, 2026)
  3. [3] Headquarters: Wikipedia (retrieved September 5, 2026)

Alphabet profile

written 2026-10-31

Alphabet is Google's Delaware-incorporated holding company, which reported $402.8 billion of 2025 revenue in its annual report.

What Alphabet does

Alphabet's 10-K describes Google Services as generating revenue from 'Google advertising as well as Google subscriptions, platforms, and devices revenues,' which spans Search, YouTube ads, and products like Pixel hardware and Google Play. Alphabet reports Google Services, Google Cloud, and all non-Google businesses collectively as Other Bets as its three operating structures.[1]

Alphabet's Google Cloud segment reported revenues of $15.5 billion of growth, a 36% increase, according to the company's fiscal 2025 annual report, which describes Google Cloud as helping 'customers build for the future, improve productivity, reduce costs, and unlock new growth engines' through Google Cloud Platform's consumption-based infrastructure, platform and application services.[1]

Alphabet's Other Bets include Waymo, which the 10-K describes as 'our fully autonomous driving technology company,' now providing 'fully autonomous, paid ride-hailing services to customers in multiple cities,' and Isomorphic Labs, which the filing says is 'reimagining the drug discovery process from first principles, applying AI to accelerate the development of new medicines.'[1]

History

Alphabet's predecessor, Google, 'was incorporated in California in September 1998 and re-incorporated in the State of Delaware in August 2003,' according to the company's fiscal 2025 annual report. The filing states that in 2015 the company 'implemented a holding company reorganization, and as a result, Alphabet Inc. ("Alphabet") became the successor issuer to Google.'[1]

Alphabet's revenue has grown sharply in recent years, from $307,394 million in 2023 to $350,018 million in 2024 and $402,836 million in 2025, according to the company's consolidated statements of income in its annual report.[1]

Alphabet's research and development spending rose from $45,427 million in 2023 to $49,326 million in 2024 and $61,087 million in 2025, according to the company's consolidated statements of income, a faster rate of growth than revenue over the same period.[1]

IPO and ownership

The sources opened for this profile, Alphabet's fiscal 2025 annual report, describe the 2015 holding-company reorganization that created Alphabet as Google's successor issuer but do not give the date or size of Google's original initial public offering, so none is given here.[1]

People

Alphabet's annual report identifies Sundar Pichai as critical to the company's overall management, stating that he 'is critical to the overall management of Alphabet and its subsidiaries and plays an important role in the development of our technology, maintaining our culture, and setting our strategic direction.'[1]

Competitors

Alphabet's annual report states the company faces 'formidable competition in every aspect of our business,' naming categories that include general purpose search engines and information services, vertical search engines and e-commerce providers, online advertising platforms and networks, providers of enterprise cloud services, AI model developers, and companies that design and market consumer hardware products.[1]

References

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Employees
196,068
As of 2026Value Add VC entity registry

Company Snapshot

Alphabet is an internet company, based in Mountain View, California, USA, founded 2015 by Larry Page, Sergey Brin.

Recent changes

  1. Oct 17, 2026Alphabet's Porat Pushes Back On Jefferies' AI Warning Pulse story
  2. Oct 13, 2026Alphabet's Porat Defends $200B AI Spending Spree Pulse story
  3. Sep 4, 2026First reported market cap: $4.10T companiesmarketcap.com
  4. Jul 24, 2026Tesla, Alphabet Selloff Spreads to Asia as Oil Tops $100 Pulse story
  5. Jul 23, 2026Alphabet's Record $112B Profit Gets Punished Anyway Pulse story
Earlier changes (9)
  1. Jul 23, 2026Alphabet Raises 2026 Capex Forecast to $205B Pulse story
  2. Jul 23, 2026Google Cloud Soars 82%, Yet Alphabet Stock Sinks on Capex Pulse story
  3. Jul 16, 2026Gemini 3.5 Pro's Delay Wipes $200B Off Alphabet Pulse story
  4. Jul 16, 2026Alphabet Sheds $200B on Gemini 3.5 Pro Delay Pulse story
  5. Jul 7, 2026Follow-on: Invested in Proxima Fusion (€411M) Bloomberg
  6. Jul 2026Invested in Proxima Fusion (Growth round, €411M (total incl. this round)) Wikipedia
  7. Jun 18, 2026Alphabet Raises ~$85B in Equity to Fund the AI Buildout -- With $10B From Warren Buffett's Berkshire Pulse story
  8. 2026First reported headcount: 196,068 entity-registry reconciliation
  9. Dec 31, 2025First reported revenue: $402.8B SEC EDGAR (10-K)

Latest Pulse

  1. Tesla Prices Cybercab At $29,990 | Plus A $299 Monthly SubscriptionTesla is inviting select customers to buy the steering-wheel-free Cybercab for $29,990 plus a $299 monthly autonomy subscription, with deliveries estimated for December and a federal safety inquiry opened in September.→
  2. Zipline's Valuation Nearly Triples To $21.5B In $1.5B RaiseZipline raised $1.5 billion at a $21.5 billion valuation, led by Paradigm, WCM Investment Management and Layer Global, as its drone-delivery network races Amazon Prime Air and Alphabet's Wing.→
  3. Big Tech's $720B-$740B AI Capex Collides With Voter BacklashAmazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta are on pace to spend $720 billion to $740 billion combined on AI data centers in 2026, just as voters from Ohio to Texas elected officials who campaigned against the buildout.→
  4. Anthropic's $2T IPO Ask Doesn't Add Up, Analysts SayAnthropic's reported push for a $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion IPO valuation is drawing skepticism from Wall Street analysts after the AI company posted $17 billion in third-quarter revenue and a $567 million operating loss.→
  5. Marvell Buys Lumentum For $115B To Build AI Networking GiantMarvell will absorb optical-components maker Lumentum in an all-stock deal valuing it at $115 billion, creating a combined AI-networking supplier with a $550 billion addressable market.→
  6. Intel's Worst Drop Since 1974 Wipes $12B From U.S. StakeIntel shares fell 28.6% on Oct. 30, 2026, their worst one-day drop since 1974, after a weak Q4 outlook -- cutting the value of the U.S. government's roughly 10% stake by about $12 billion in a single session.→
  7. Amazon Discloses $80B Supplier Financing Loan For AI BuildoutAmazon disclosed a secured loan facility of up to $80 billion, confirmed in its Q3 2026 SEC filing, to help finance AI hardware purchases as its total purchase commitments reach $883.6 billion.→
  8. Big Tech Earnings: Google Cloud Up 103%, Azure 48%, AWS 39%Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon and Intel filed September-quarter results on Oct. 28 and 29. Google Cloud revenue rose 103%, Azure 48% and AWS 39%, while quarterly capex reached $51.4B at Alphabet and $39.4B at Microsoft.→
  9. OpenAI Plans To Buy Google's AI Chips, Breaking From NvidiaOpenAI is reportedly planning to buy Google's AI chips, a move that would reduce its reliance on Nvidia months after OpenAI closed a $122 billion funding round at an $852 billion valuation.→
  10. Apollo's Economist Says AI Has Paid Off Only Inside TechApollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Slok says AI has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside the tech sector, based on flat margins and revenue per worker across the S&P 493.→

Coverage Timeline

newest first
  1. Nov 4, 2026BIG TECHBig Tech's $720B-$740B AI Capex Collides With Voter Backlash$720B-$740B 2026 Capex→
  2. Oct 30, 2026BIG TECHBig Tech Earnings: Google Cloud Up 103%, Azure 48%, AWS 39%→
  3. Oct 17, 2026BIG TECHAlphabet's Porat Pushes Back On Jefferies' AI Warning$195B-$205B Capex→
  4. Oct 13, 2026BIG TECHAlphabet's Porat Defends $200B AI Spending Spree$200B 2026 Capex→
  5. Oct 10, 2026BIG TECHBig Tech's $700B AI Bet Now Targets Healthcare$700B 2026 AI Capex→
  6. Oct 5, 2026BIG TECHBig Tech's $500B+ AI Bet Meets a Nervous Market→
  7. Sep 22, 2026BIG TECHGoogle's Intrinsic Open-Sources Its Robotics Stack→
  8. Sep 14, 2026IPOChips Sank And Hyperscalers Rose On Amodei's AI EssayNvidia -3%, Micron -6%→
  9. Aug 12, 2026AIDeepMind's Talent Exodus Reveals a Deeper Identity Crisis→
  10. Aug 9, 2026BIG TECHAlphabet and Microsoft Just Raised the Capex Bar Again→
  11. Aug 5, 2026BIG TECHJeff Dean Exits Google, Hassabis Steps Down at DeepMind→
  12. Aug 4, 2026AIThe Hyperscaler Compute Arms Race, By the Numbers→
  13. Jul 24, 2026BIG TECHTesla, Alphabet Selloff Spreads to Asia as Oil Tops $100Brent Crude Tops $100→
  14. Jul 23, 2026IPOGoogle Discloses $94.1B SpaceX, $124B Anthropic Stakes$218B Combined Stakes→
  15. Jul 23, 2026BIG TECHGoogle Posts First-Ever Negative Free Cash Flow on AI Spend-$5.9B FCF→
  16. Jul 23, 2026AIAlphabet Raises 2026 Capex Forecast to $205B$205B Capex Forecast→
  17. Jul 23, 2026AIThe AI Capex Arms Race Just Got Even More Expensive→
  18. Jul 23, 2026BIG TECHAlphabet's Record $112B Profit Gets Punished Anyway$112.1B net profit→
  19. Jul 23, 2026BIG TECHGoogle Cloud Soars 82%, Yet Alphabet Stock Sinks on Capex$24.8B Cloud Revenue (+82%)→
  20. Jul 17, 2026IPOPublic Markets Are Stress-Testing the AI Infra Trade→
  21. Jul 16, 2026AIAlphabet Sheds $200B on Gemini 3.5 Pro Delay-$200B market cap→
  22. Jul 7, 2026AIBroadcom's Custom Chips Are Eating Nvidia's Growth StoryCustom silicon: 27% CAGR vs. 16% for merchant chips→
  23. Jul 2, 2026REGULATIONGoogle Loses Final EU Appeal, Must Pay $4.7 Billion Android Antitrust Fine$4.7B fine confirmed→
  24. Jun 30, 2026BIG TECHBig Tech's 2026 AI Capex Will Hit $725B, up 77% Year-Over-Year$725B combined→
  25. Jun 18, 2026BIG TECHAlphabet Raises ~$85B in Equity to Fund the AI Buildout -- With $10B From Warren Buffett's Berkshire~$84.75B→

All Coverage

12 most recent shown — all 25 stories are in the timeline above
BIG TECH
Big Tech's $720B-$740B AI Capex Collides With Voter Backlash
BIG TECH$720B-$740B 2026 Capex

Big Tech's $720B-$740B AI Capex Collides With Voter Backlash

Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta are on pace to spend $720 billion to $740 billion combined on AI data centers in 2026, just as voters from Ohio to Texas elected officials who campaigned against the buildout.

DEEP DIVE
BIG TECH
Big Tech Earnings: Google Cloud Up 103%, Azure 48%, AWS 39%
BIG TECH

Big Tech Earnings: Google Cloud Up 103%, Azure 48%, AWS 39%

Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon and Intel filed September-quarter results on Oct. 28 and 29. Google Cloud revenue rose 103%, Azure 48% and AWS 39%, while quarterly capex reached $51.4B at Alphabet and $39.4B at Microsoft.

DEEP DIVE
BIG TECH
Alphabet's Porat Pushes Back On Jefferies' AI Warning
BIG TECH$195B-$205B Capex

Alphabet's Porat Pushes Back On Jefferies' AI Warning

Alphabet president and chief investment officer Ruth Porat rejected Jefferies strategist Chris Wood's warning that the AI boom will end in large-scale U.S. capital destruction, saying the buildout remains undervalued even as capex guidance tops $200 billion.

FOLLOW-UP
BIG TECH
Alphabet's Porat Defends $200B AI Spending Spree
BIG TECH$200B 2026 Capex

Alphabet's Porat Defends $200B AI Spending Spree

Alphabet president and chief investment officer Ruth Porat said the company's roughly $200 billion in 2026 AI capital spending will rise again next year, pushing back on warnings from Jefferies strategist Chris Wood that the AI boom could end in major capital destruction.

DEEP DIVE
BIG TECH
Big Tech's $700B AI Bet Now Targets Healthcare
BIG TECH$700B 2026 AI Capex

Big Tech's $700B AI Bet Now Targets Healthcare

Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta and Amazon are on pace to spend over $700 billion combined on AI infrastructure in 2026, and healthcare -- a $5.3 trillion U.S. market -- is emerging as the test of whether that spending pays off.

DEEP DIVE
BIG TECH
Big Tech's $500B+ AI Bet Meets a Nervous Market
BIG TECH

Big Tech's $500B+ AI Bet Meets a Nervous Market

Alphabet, Amazon and Meta alone plan to spend over $500 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026, and investors are no longer rewarding every dollar of it equally.

BY THE NUMBERS
BIG TECH
Google's Intrinsic Open-Sources Its Robotics Stack
BIG TECH

Google's Intrinsic Open-Sources Its Robotics Stack

Alphabet's robotics unit Intrinsic open-sourced the core of its industrial robotics platform under an Apache 2.0 license at ROSCon 2026, giving developers free access to the real-time control and motion-planning tools it uses in its own factory deployments.

DEEP DIVE
IPO
Chips Sank And Hyperscalers Rose On Amodei's AI Essay
IPONvidia -3%, Micron -6%

Chips Sank And Hyperscalers Rose On Amodei's AI Essay

Markets repriced the AI trade along a single fault line after Dario Amodei's pacing essay: semiconductor names fell hard while Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta gained.

FOLLOW-UP
AI
DeepMind's Talent Exodus Reveals a Deeper Identity Crisis
Illustration for: DeepMind's Talent Exodus Reveals a Deeper Identity Crisis
AI

DeepMind's Talent Exodus Reveals a Deeper Identity Crisis

Days after Demis Hassabis stepped down as DeepMind CEO, Fortune reports stalled models, missed deadlines and staff burnout drove the exodus, with engineers telling the outlet DeepMind is losing its separation and identity within Alphabet.

FOLLOW-UP
BIG TECH
Alphabet and Microsoft Just Raised the Capex Bar Again
Illustration for: Alphabet and Microsoft Just Raised the Capex Bar Again
BIG TECH

Alphabet and Microsoft Just Raised the Capex Bar Again

Alphabet raised its 2026 capex guidance to $195-205B and Microsoft signaled FY27 spending will grow again, the clearest sign yet that AI infrastructure spending isn't decelerating despite investor unease over payback timelines.

BY THE NUMBERS
BIG TECH
Jeff Dean Exits Google, Hassabis Steps Down at DeepMind
BIG TECH

Jeff Dean Exits Google, Hassabis Steps Down at DeepMind

Google's longtime chief scientist Jeff Dean is leaving to start his own company after 27 years, while Demis Hassabis steps down as DeepMind's CEO to become Alphabet's chief scientist as Koray Kavukcuoglu takes over daily operations.

AI
The Hyperscaler Compute Arms Race, By the Numbers
Illustration for: The Hyperscaler Compute Arms Race, By the Numbers
AI

The Hyperscaler Compute Arms Race, By the Numbers

Alphabet just raised its 2026 capex outlook to $195-205B and Microsoft is holding near $175B -- combined hyperscaler spending near $690B is now bigger than most countries' entire annual infrastructure budgets.

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Alphabet FAQ

What is Alphabet's market cap?

Alphabet's market capitalization was $4.10T as of September 4, 2026, according to companiesmarketcap.com.

Is Alphabet publicly traded?

Yes. Alphabet trades under the ticker GOOGL, with a market cap of $4.10T (September 4, 2026, companiesmarketcap.com).

When was Alphabet founded and where is it based?

Alphabet was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California, USA, according to Wikipedia.

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